Thread: Caradon's Dream Journal

Lucid Dream # 42 of 2007
Monday/October/1/2007

This one was hard to recall since I had a false awakening, and went into another dream without waking up. And it took place in the first hour of sleeping. So the little details are a bit fuzzy. It was really short anyway.

I was in an outside area surrounded by buildings. I get the feeling that they were wear house buildings. I suddenly see Freddy Krueger, and he immediately comes running towards me ready to slice me up with those razor blade fingers of his. And almost instantly I realize I'm dreaming. I reach out with my mind, and I levitate him so fast and so high. That he rockets into the sky and disappears from sight in a matter of seconds.
I chuckle to myself. I think it's pretty funny that I made such short work of him so
quickly. I'm about to levitate myself and start flying, when I'm woken up by somebody coming to my house.( Not really it's a false awakening) I'm half naked wrapped in my blanket. I get pissed off and yell at them to go away because I'm trying to sleep! They go away and I feel bad about yelling at them. I lay back down and go back to sleep.

Haha. That Freddy is going to have to step up his game a little bit. He's supposed to be the badass of the dream world, but it seems that we've been owning the hell out of him, lately. Lol.

And he told me he was going to be something of a dream guide for me, not long ago. I should have called on him when I was having trouble finding a haunted house last night, but I forgot all about it. I'm going to have to think of that, next time.

Awesome journal you've got going here, Caradon. I wish I would have checked it out a little sooner, but you can bad I'll be checkin in, often. Great stuff!

Originally Posted by Oneironaut

Awesome journal you've got going here, Caradon. I wish I would have checked it out a little sooner, but you can bad I'll be checkin in, often. Great stuff!

Yea, O, you've got some competition here! Both of your journals read like action/adventurehorror stories.

Originally Posted by Clairity

Oooh.. the waterfall.. the cool misty spray.. it all sounds so "dreamy"!

I've never "free fallen" in a lucid before.. I will definately have to give it a try.

Free falling is the best! especially when you do it backwards. And my favorite falling backwards end over end. Can't wait to hear about your experience with it.

Originally Posted by Oneironaut

Haha. That Freddy is going to have to step up his game a little bit. He's supposed to be the badass of the dream world, but it seems that we've been owning the hell out of him, lately. Lol.

And he told me he was going to be something of a dream guide for me, not long ago. I should have called on him when I was having trouble finding a haunted house last night, but I forgot all about it. I'm going to have to think of that, next time.

Awesome journal you've got going here, Caradon. I wish I would have checked it out a little sooner, but you can bad I'll be checkin in, often. Great stuff!

Thanks Oneironaut! glad you stopped by. I appreciate the positive feed back. Yeah, Freddy doesn't seem quite so tough after all.
That would be interesting having him for a dream guide. And I'm sure he could make a great haunted house!

Originally Posted by Moonbeam

Yea, O, you've got some competition here! Both of your journals read like action/adventurehorror stories.

And I had more horror/action stuff last night!

Recap for the month of September
# of Lucid dreams five. And probably more than a dozen other good chances.

Didn't meet my goal for getting more than seven. But, was pretty distracted for most of the month because of work issues. So did pretty well considering.

Goals for October
Get As many Lucids as possible, and hopefully a Lucid task.

I want to get a good jump on my Lucid count for 2008.
So I intend to get extremely focused for the rest of the year, And try to bring a good momentum into the new year.

Crap it's getting late!

Hypnagogic imagery
I was able to enter a dream scene. And I was paying a visit to the Amityville house!
I was watching the scene as if it was a movie. There was a group of people there. it was the owners of the house and some guests. I watched as they all went down into the basement. I could hear loud banging on the doors. Like was in the second movie. And there were mysterious cold breezes, with invisible fingers touching peoples arms. They were all doing there best to ignore the haunting activity. I Just watched that for a little bit before sliding back awake. Not sure if that could count as a Lucid task. I was aware it was a dream scene. But, I don't count my little hypnagogic Lucids as true Lucid Dreams. So I don't really want to get credit that way.

The escape
I was being held in a cell with white walls. I wasn't alone, there was a group of us. We were being held as food for some kind of creatures of darkness. The door of the cell opens, and one of the creatures enter. The thing is very freaky! It reminds me of something that would be at Silent Hill. It's a big dark mass, and doesn't really have a stable form. Almost like a kind of liquid ooze that stretches and changes shape. the thing is standing in the room trying to decide which one of us to pick for a meal. I try to melt back into the group, so as not to be noticed. but I have a feeling it's coming for me anyway. There is a man between me and the creature. I do a round house kick, and knock him towards the thing. (Not something I would normally do!) The creature goes for it, and drags the man out the cell door. The door closes slowly. Before it can close all the way, I run up to it and slip out of the cell. Two other prisoners make it too.

Quickly, we make our way down a corridor and then down a flight of stairs. We end up in a basement, and there is a window high on the wall. We hide in a dark corner waiting for the right time to make a run for it. I have a flash light, don't know where that came from. I had it on for a moment. I notice, that somebody in a window of another building is looking down at the window of our basement. They must have seen the light, and were wondering about us. I am worried that they will give away our hiding spot. So I decide it's time to get out of there, before it's to late. Luckily, it happens to be dark outside. We climb up and out the window. It's kind of hard to get out, because the window isn't that big. All three of us get out, and it's raining.

In sort of a panic now, I'm not sure which way we should run. I'm expecting creatures
to come swarming around the building after us at any moment. Finally deciding on a direction, I run and the others follow. We end up out on a street. I run on foot, but the other two grab bicycles. There is a lot of traffic, and as I run down the street there is a major car accident. It's a huge pile up, and cars are flipping end over end, and barrel rolling across the road.

Suddenly the dream shifts, and I'm back in the basement. I'm hiding in that dark corner again. And I'm waiting for the right time to try and help the others escape.
I wake up with kind of a yucky feeling, because I was really afraid hiding down there.

I think this dream was inspired by a vampire movie I recently watched. The vampires in the movie, were holding some kids for food.

Egads! Surely you're going to get the haunted house lucid this month!

Originally Posted by Caradon

The escape
I was being held in a cell with white walls. I wasn't alone, there was a group of us. We were being held as food for some kind of creatures of darkness. The door of the cell opens, and one of the creatures enter. The thing is very freaky! It reminds me of something that would be at Silent Hill. It's a big dark mass, and doesn't really have a stable form. Almost like a kind of liquid ooze that stretches and changes shape. .

Ok.. those "things" in Silent Hill totally creeped me out and so does this.

Originally Posted by Caradon

the thing is standing in the room trying to decide which one of us to pick for a meal. I try to melt back into the group, so as not to be noticed. but I have a feeling it's coming for me anyway. There is a man between me and the creature. I do a round house kick, and knock him towards the thing. (Not something I would normally do!) .

Of course not!

Originally Posted by Caradon

Suddenly the dream shifts, and I'm back in the basement. I'm hiding in that dark corner again. And I'm waiting for the right time to try and help the others escape.
I wake up with kind of a yucky feeling, because I was really afraid hiding down there..

I can understand how you would wake up feeling yucky.. it's like the neverending repeating nightmare or something.

Originally Posted by Caradon

But, I don't count my little hypnagogic Lucids as true Lucid Dreams. So I don't really want to get credit that way.

I figure HI becomes a lucid the moment you have a dream body instead of just observing.

I had some pretty interesting dreams recently. Most recently I was experiencing some of those things you were talking about Caradon, like false dream memories and talking about dreams in dreams. One dream I got lucid for a short time, but I couldn't move my view point. I was looking at a ceiling and I could walk but my head wouldn't move. I need more control...

In my nap yesterday, I dreamed that there was some magician type guy or something, and a giant spike rose from the ground (like in this upcoming game called "Fracture" where you can deform the terrain as a form of combat along with your guns, except this was WAY bigger). It flashed to way later and it was night time. I was climbing up the behemoth of a spike along with a bunch of ninjas! It was zoomed out in third person and I could see myself and the ninjas. I was climbing very quickly but I couldn't match the ninjas, who would get a firm grip on the ridges in the thing and then jump upwards and run upwards for a while and then trail to the side as they were losing momentum and then quickly and deftly grabbed onto it again and then repeated. There was a point where this shelf (coming off of the HUGE tower next to the pillar) and I got there first (after mimicking the ninjas, but I couldn't do it quite as good).There was some girl laying on her stomach with her legs up and her chin resting on her folded arms, looking out onto the pillar at the ninjas, still climbing up. I briefly conversed with her and then the shelf turned into a classy bar as I was having a fake memory, and then to a kitchen type place where I conversed with my sister about dreams and shortly afterward...the dream ended. There was more, but that's just the interesting part...

thankyou for this dream journal! I think it has turned up the action in my own dreams (NINJAS!!!).

Wow. I think I am stealing your dream journal privelages...sorry bout that...just wanted you all to know...it was cool, okay. There were ninjas running up walls!

Shinjiro-yan, I've had some of Caradon's dreams (his bears) get into mine too, so you have to beware...

..but I look at it as an opportunity to try and confront fear and over come it.

(You should start a journal too!)

I have a word document on my pc but I don't type in it too often. I don't, however, have a dreamviews journal.

Originally Posted by Moonbeam

Egads! Surely you're going to get the haunted house lucid this month!

I would really like to get that one. But, if i get the chance I think I will try the mirror one first. Unless of course, I'm lucky enough to get Lucid in the middle of a scary haunting dream. Then the task would be done instantly.
I think my distraction last month, had a delayed effect and is slowing me down some this month. Not sure yet we'll see.

Originally Posted by Clairity

Of course not!

LOL Yeah, I think that was the first time I ever sacrificed someone else for my own safety. I plead temporary insanity!

Originally Posted by The Cusp

I figure HI becomes a lucid the moment you have a dream body instead of just observing.

Hmm...good point. I do have a dream body a lot of times in those. I guess my Lucid count could be a lot higher than it is now. I guess part of the reason I never counted those either. is because there always so short. A few weeks ago, I did a wild into a sexual dream! I was actually trying to convince myself that it wasn't a dream LOL. But I knew it was. I never counted that one either. But it was very close to a successful wild. I almost stayed in it!

Originally Posted by Shinjiro-yan

thankyou for this dream journal! I think it has turned up the action in my own dreams (NINJAS!!!).

I'm glad I've been able to have a positive effect on your dreams. That sounded like a pretty cool one.

Originally Posted by Moonbeam

Shinjiro-yan, I've had some of Caradon's dreams (his bears) get into mine too, so you have to beware...

I Just Moonbeam nightmares! But it's cool if you can get Lucid during it, and over come it. I don't mind being scared into lucidity at all. Remember the best way to overcome a scary situation in a Lucid. Is to stop being afraid.
Because your feelings create the events. The more afraid you are, the scarier the situation becomes. Once you Lose your fear, the events have no power over you at all. Even if you have no other control over things.

Originally Posted by Shinjiro-yan

I have a word document on my pc but I don't type in it too often. I don't, however, have a dreamviews journal.

You could start a journal on this forum at any time.

I have been gone a few days so just checked out you LDs you had....I really liked the water fall dream sounds great especially that you could feel the mist.

I was reading you goals im gonna attempt a task this month too...have you done one before?

Originally Posted by mark

I have been gone a few days so just checked out you LDs you had....I really liked the water fall dream sounds great especially that you could feel the mist.

I was reading you goals im gonna attempt a task this month too...have you done one before?

Thanks Mark! Yeah that was really fun, I've been reliving that Moment in my mind all week.

I used to do the recap at the end of each month in my note books. So I thought I would carry it over to my online journal. I find that keeping track of my progress and setting goals helps to motivate me.

Yeah I've accomplished two tasks so far. I think the first one was my first good Lucid since I joined the forum. I joined during a really bad dry spell.
The task was to make a tree uproot itself and walk. It's on the Lucid task for the month of may page. Towards the end of the thread somewhere. one of the last two pages I think.

The second one was to meet a Dream Views Member, and describe what they looked like. I got lucky, and had Moonbeam in a Lucid with me at just the right time. I wasn't even thinking about the task at all in the dream. But Seeker gave me credit for it anyway.

LOL, I have the spell checker program. And when ever I type Lucid. It tells me It should be Lucite. I normally Just ignore it. But this time I spelled Lucid wrong, and it gave me the correct spelling for Lucid! That really surprised me and made me laugh, so I had to mention it.

Haunted water-bed!
This is kind of funny so I have to post it.

I was at a mall, And I went into a store that sells only beds. I was looking at a water-bed, when the clerk comes by. He starts telling about the bed, and how its haunted. He tells me he's some kind of psychic. And how he came across this bed. He goes into this long story of the history of the bed. And how some people were horribly murdered on the bed. And where ever the bed ends up going. Paranormal activity starts to occur. And the current owners end up being killed on the bed. Which makes it even more haunted. He gives me this long history of known haunted places. And tells me about how the bed is responsible for them all. I sit there listening to him go on and on about it. Thats all I remember about the dream.

That guy wasn't a very good salesman.

"Haunted Water-Bed!" Not quite a whole haunted house, just some haunted furniture!

As silly as that dream was, I can picture it being made into a movie.

Awww. I'm missing out on all the Halloweeny avi stuff...I'll get one soon, don't you worry bout it. I really like yours Clarity

Hypnagogic imagery
Was listening to my own voice talking to me. I can't remember exactly what it was saying. But it was like my consciousness split into two. Because I knew it was me talking. But I was able to have separate thoughts of my own while listening.

Then I went into a dream scene, where I was riding my mountain bike. I wasn't aware I was dreaming at this point. I was riding along the edge of a steep cliff. I over balanced to the side, lost control and began to go over the edge. Started to become Lucid at the same time I slid back awake. Been pretty focused the last couple days. My subconscious is trying to get me into the right situations.


Writing a Lucid
I dreamed I had a Lucid and was typing it out on the computer.
Very well could have had one then dreamed about writing it. Thats the only thing I remember from my two hour nap.

Other dreams last night not real exciting. Dreamed of almost running over a Puppy. The Puppy was loose in somebody's yard. When I drove by, the thing ran out in front of my car. I was barely able to avoid hitting it. I got out and carried it back to the house. But nobody was home. I see the dog has a collar with a phone number. So forgetting about my car, a carry the puppy to my house which is not far down the road. I figure I will call the owners later. Rather than leave him there to run out in front of another car.

Not to long ago my Boss, who drives way to fast in his Mustang. Hit and killed somebodys dog on the way into work one day. The dog ran out of a yard like that.
He came into work talking about it. And it didn't seem to bother him at all. But it bothered me a lot. So I guess thats why I had that dream.

Originally Posted by The Cusp

That guy wasn't a very good salesman.

I was thinking the same thing.

Originally Posted by Moonbeam

As silly as that dream was, I can picture it being made into a movie.

When I was a teenager I read a book of short stories that was based on the amityville horror. At the beginning of the book, all the furniture and appliances at the house were sold. Then, every short story in the book was about the places the items went to. Each item was haunted, and crazy things happened to the owners of them. Forgot all about that until I had that dream. And in the movie, the family was killed in their beds.

Originally Posted by Caradon

Haunted water-bed!
And how some people were horribly murdered on the bed. And where ever the bed ends up going. Paranormal activity starts to occur. And the current owners end up being killed on the bed.

Well heck.. here's my charge card!

Originally Posted by Moonbeam

As silly as that dream was, I can picture it being made into a movie.

You know.. I actually think I saw that movie!

Originally Posted by Shinjiro-yan

I really like yours Clarity

Why thank you!

Yeah, Thats pretty wicked Clairity. I like it too!

Another short But interesting Lucid Dream!
Lucid Dream # 44 Of 2007
Sunday/October/7/2007

The first parts a little confusing. It was another early Lucid. Hmm... Well I was in this massive place. It was a combination building, and a prehistoric forest. But the building was on a very massive scale. The first thing I remember is a bunch of dinosaurs coming towards me one by one. They were huge But after a moment I realized they were just the babies. And they all climbed into a nest not far from me. Then, suddenly I'm in the nest too. As if I'm one of the baby dinosaurs. And I can see the mother coming. Talk about big holy cow. I don't know what you call it. It stood on four legs, and It had the big fan like bone around the head. And The horn on the nose. It was so huge that it could step on me like a bug. like if I was two inches tall standing next to a normal sized person. I look around the nest, and the other dinosaurs are looking at me as if they want to eat me.
I think I'm getting partially Lucid here, Because I suddenly fly out of the nest, and way up onto a wall. Now, to get an idea of how big this place is I'm in. I'm far above the giant mother dinosaur. And I'm standing on the right side edge, of a giant picture frame of some painting. Tell you the truth, I'm not sure if everything was that big. Or if I was just that small. Now, for some reason I think I'm in a video game. I look down and the mother is staring up at me. I know she wants to get me. Very smoothly, the idea of being in a video game. Becomes awareness that it's a dream. And I'm fully Lucid. I'm no longer afraid if the dinosaur. I jump from the picture frame and begin to fly towards an opening in a wall on the other side of the room. If thats what you can call this place.
And I remember the Lucid Task right away. But, I know I'm flying out into some prehistoric wilderness. And I'm thinking it's going to be impossible to find a mirror in a place like this. So, thinking it's the wrong Lucid, to bother with trying for the task. I decide to just enjoy the moment. As I'm flying towards the opening, I look down. The giant dinosaur is running along below me following me. Just like the grizzly bear was, a few Lucids back. But unlike the bear, this monster was not my friend. It was following me because it wanted to kill me. I wasn't bothered at all though. I was flying along watching it in fascination. It kept looking up at me, and it had yellow eyes. I was observing the amazing realistic detail of it. Every wrinkle of its skin as it moved. and I could see it's muscles working . It was pretty incredible. Anyway I woke up while flying along watching the thing.

I almost got Lucid three to four other times last night as well. Half the rest of my dreams were about Lucid Dreaming. And a couple work dreams that almost turned Lucid. Moonbeam was right about the REM rebound. I slept six hours, and it felt like I really slept in! I must have had more than a dozen vivid dreams. I stopped taking notes after seven of them. I had a dream about an ex girl friend. It must have had quite an effect on me. Because she was in every other dream after that, for the rest of the night. there was a cool dream with a black owl that was friendly. It landed on my arm I was a little afraid it was going to go wild again and attack me, but it didn't.

Well, we've had two new people jump onto the Caradon wagon...we need more! Everybody jump on the Caradon wagon!!!